Andromeda

Andromeda was built in 1999, is 387 feet long and flies the flag of The Netherlands

Previous names:
Andromeda: 1999-2009
Transandromeda: 2009-

Above the Andromeda arrived Duluth on Sunday, December 9, 2001; below, she arrived Duluth on May 28, 2000. to discharge a cargo of heavy equipment, five pieces in all at the end of her first trip to the Great Lakes.

The giant cranes at Lake Superior Warehouse discharged 3 of the pieces directly from the ship to trucks that then hauled them to Alberta, Canada. The shipment originated in Poland.

Six months before coming to Duluth for the first time, Captain Philip VanDoorn (left) piloted the Andromeda out of Hoogezand Shipyard in The Netherlands and made the following stops: Delfzijl, Holland, Kristiansand, Norway, Baltimore, Sorel, Canada, Mobile, Alabama, Tampico, Mexico, Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Guyana, Claardingen, Holland, Hamburg, Germany, Kleipeda, Lithuania, Kotka, Finland , Tallinn, Estonia, Norway, Iceland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Antwerp, Petersburg, Russia. Then they picked up the 5 pieces of equipment for Duluth at Gdynia, Poland. They first went to Sweden and then to the Great Lakes, stopping first in Toronto and Chicago before heading to Duluth.

After discharging the heavy equipment, she went over to the Hallett Dock to pick up a load of bentonite for Italy (below).